Title

Author

Date of Award

8-1983

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Science

Department

Biology

Abstract

The effects of adrenalectomy and corticoid replacement therapies on survival, weight loss, depot fat and blood free fatty acid were studied in Meriones unguiculatus, the Mongolian gerbil. Adrenalectomized gerbils that received cortisol and aldosterone lived significantly longer and lost significantly more weight than the controls (adrenalectomized gerbils not receiving any treatment) and the sham-operated groups. Cortisol and aldosterone treatment were also effective in mobilizing significantly greater amounts of depot fat into free fatty acid. Cortisol and aldosterone treated groups had significantly less blood free fatty acid than the control and the sham-operated groups.

Recommended Citation

Baggia, Saffia, "The role of the adrenal cortex in fat metabolism of Meriones unguiculatus, the Mongolian gerbil" (1983). Master's Theses. 481.
http://scholarship.richmond.edu/masters-theses/481